Tasmanian Volunteering Awards 2022
Nominations are open for the seventh annual Tasmanian Volunteering Awards.
The awards showcase inspiring stories and recognise excellence in volunteering. Volunteering is critical to our state and volunteers can be found in almost every sector, and most certainly in every community.
There are approximately 297,000 Tasmanians who volunteer, contributing on average 4.4 hours a week to their fellow Tasmanians.
Attracting nominations from around the state each year, nominations are open until midnight 14 March 2022. Nominees will be considered for one of the ten state-wide awards, with the winners announced on Friday, 20 May 2022 - during National Volunteer Week - at a special awards ceremony.
Chief Executive Officer of Volunteering Tasmania Dr Lisa Schimanski, says this is a perfect way for people to recognise volunteer contribution by nominating a volunteer or volunteer program.
“The Tasmanian Volunteering Awards celebrate those amazing people contributing across Tasmania, and every contribution is significant.”
“Volunteering is not measured through the number of hours people give, but by the connection and impact of what they’re doing.
“It doesn’t matter if you are giving one hour a week, a few hours each month, one day a year or more, collectively volunteers are contributing an estimated $4 billion dollars to Tasmania each year and most importantly, making an enormous difference in our communities, and for this we thank them all,” she said.
The Tasmanian Volunteering Award categories:
1 Arts, Heritage, Tourism and Events Volunteer Award
2 Community Care and Health Volunteer Award
3 Sport, Recreation and Service Group Volunteer Award
4 Volunteer Group or Program Award
5 Best Practice in Volunteer Management Award
6 Emergency Services Volunteer Award
7 Environment, Animal Care and Conservation Volunteer Award
8 Education, Science and Technology Volunteer Award
9 Lifetime Achievement Volunteering Award
10 Youth Volunteer Award
Nominations close midnight Monday, March 14 2022.
